The prince is very fierce

The mouth of Douhe River is only a hundred miles away, not too far. Xu Buling and his four men galloped at full speed and arrived at Douhekou Town at nightfall.

After writing a note and tying it to the well-fed little sparrow, he ignored the little sparrow's eyes and let it go, and then waited in the inn where he stayed to prevent the little sparrow from finding its master.

The wedding boat set out from Binzhou and followed the coastline channel. It was about 400 miles to Douhekou. Sparrows are smarter than birds, but they are not good at long-distance flying. Even the fine breeds carefully cultivated by Zhongli Jiujiu need time to go over. It may take until tomorrow for the sparrow to send the letter back.

Douhekou Town is a coastal wharf. It is not easy to go out to sea in the cold winter. A large number of ships are moored in the port. The town is brightly lit. Local fishermen and boatmen who make a living by the sea are idle at home. The market in the town is very lively. As the New Year is approaching, there are dragon and lion dance teams walking through the streets.

After running for hundreds of miles, the four of them were exhausted and went back to their rooms to rest and adjust the fatigue caused by hunger and cold in the past few days.

Xu Buling was really tired in the past two days. He fell asleep on the pillow until the dead of night, when the sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out on the street outside the window, waking him up again.

Dingling-dingling-dingling-

The sound of horseshoes stepping on the street and the bells was very crisp, completely different from ordinary horses.

Xu Buling was very familiar with this sound. He turned his head and opened the window to take a look. He saw a messenger with a yellow flag on his back running across the street and disappeared at the end of his sight.

It is self-evident how serious it would be if someone found out that he was carrying the imperial seal.

The reason why Xu Buling settled here was because this place was the only way for the north-south official road, and any movement could be discovered at the first time.

The yellow flag behind means the 800-li rush. The messengers who fail to arrive on time or those who block the messengers will be punished for delaying military intelligence and their entire family will be executed. Generally, the yellow flag will be raised only when there is a major incident at the border. Xu Buling is very familiar with this process.

The messenger in front of him came from Liaoxi. Either the Liaoxi Protectorate has an urgent war report, or he has informed Chang'an City about the Bodhi Island.

Xu Buling stood at the window and thought for a while, thinking that the possibility of the Bodhi Island incident was greater.

The yellow flag behind is usually a secret report. The code words in different places are different. Without the code book of the Ministry of War, it is impossible to understand the messenger even if you hijack him, and it will also cause the messenger's family to lose their heads. If there is really a mess at the border, this move will harm countless people and soldiers at the border.

After all, Xu Buling was born in a general family. After hesitating for a moment, he still did not do such a thing that would anger the heavens and the people. He just kept this matter in mind for the time being.

It was already dark, and it was probably three o'clock in the morning.

Xu Buling closed the window and prepared to lie back in bed to continue warming the bed for the little nightingale, but he was no longer sleepy when he woke up.

He was awake...

Xu Buling blinked his eyes, searched for a few things in the room, walked out of the door quietly, came to the door of Zhongli Jiujiu next door, and knocked gently...

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The long night was silent.

The oil lamp in the inn room had been extinguished. After Zhongli Jiujiu washed up, she lay on the pillow with her clothes on, holding a few small bottles in her hands, and she didn't dare to fall asleep.

In the underground stone chamber, inexplicably, Xu Buling and I worshiped the heaven and earth. Now that it was late at night and everyone was asleep, I felt like I was crazy.

But I had already worshipped the heaven and earth, and even signed the marriage certificate. Even if I went to the King of Hell, I would be Xu Buling's wife. It seemed useless to regret it...

In fact, I didn't regret it, but I felt that I was wronged...

Zhongli Jiujiu bit her lower lip and sighed faintly, with a complicated face.

At first, she approached Xu Buling to compete with Ning Yuhe. But after so many things happened, how could she not feel anything at all?

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talking about the siege in Longtan, Xu Buling ran here directly for a hundred miles just in case without being sure whether it was her, and almost killed the Chasing Wind Horse.

A Chasing Wind Horse is worth more than ten thousand gold. It is not impossible to exchange a city in Nanyue. How many people in the world can do this for someone they know?

Zhongli Jiujiu was very moved at that time and was willing to hug Xu Buling to keep him warm. In fact, she already liked this strong and warm man. When she was on Bodhi Island, Xu Buling protected her everywhere, and she saw it all.

At that time, she was scared and wanted to talk and listen to others talk. Xu Buling told her stories when there was not much water, and his mouth was dry.

In that desperate situation, wasting energy and water to gossip can be said to be comforting her at the cost of his remaining life.

When Zhongli Jiujiu recalled it now, she wanted to slap herself twice, wondering why she was so unreasonable and heartless. She could have held on for a while longer if she had kept calm and didn't say anything, but she insisted on making trouble. Seeing Xu Buling talking non-stop, she didn't know how to stop him, but just listened stupidly.

After surviving the disaster, Zhongli Jiujiu felt scared in her heart - if the mechanism was really damaged at that time, it would only take a quarter of an hour for rescue to break through the stone wall, but Xu Buling didn't hold on for the last little bit of time because of these insignificant things...

It would be better if she died. If she survived under Xu Buling's care, she didn't dare to think about how much regret she would have in the second half of her life. I'm afraid she wouldn't even dare to die.

Recalling these big and small things, Zhongli Jiujiu knew very well that compared with power, wealth and even life, Xu Buling cared more about the people around him.

In order to let her live for half a minute longer, what chance of life can she give up? Why should she hesitate?

However, she still feels a little bit wronged...

Why should I be ranked behind Ning Yuhe?

Zhongli Jiujiu looked at the top of the curtain with her eyes, sighed faintly, and didn't know what she was thinking.

Rather than saying that she was entangled, it might be more appropriate to say that she was afraid.

How could a girl not be afraid when getting married? She was still a virgin and had to spend the bridal chamber!

After arriving at the inn, she was afraid that Xu Buling would run in and mess around. She didn't know how to face it or what to do.

She was a little resistant in her heart, but when she washed up, she still washed inside and out several times, for fear that when Xu Buling took off his clothes, he would find that she was not clean, thus leaving some bad flaws on the most important night of her life...

After all, he was her husband...

The more she thought about it, the more flustered she became, and she couldn't sleep at all.

Zhongli Jiujiu held the small bottle and wanted to get up and sneak away to hide in the martial arts world for a while, but she didn't dare to do so when she thought of the consequences of being discovered by Xu Buling. She could only lie there with a confused heart.

Fortunately, Xu Buling was very tired. He didn't come so late. He must have fallen asleep and forgotten about the marriage consummation...

It was getting later and later. It was already past midnight. Zhongli Jiujiu felt a little relieved. She thought she should have escaped tonight. She raised her hand to undress and go to bed. Unexpectedly, at this moment, there was a sudden noise from the door.

Dongdong-

Someone knocked on the door...

Zhongli Jiujiu's slightly charming face suddenly froze. She didn't dare to breathe and closed her eyes, pretending not to hear.

Dongdong-

The door rang again.

Zhongli Jiujiu was almost crying in anxiety. How could she dare to respond? If she responded, she would be in vain and her virginity would be broken. How painful it would be...

There was poison on the door. He definitely didn't dare to come in. He just pretended not to hear...

"Jiujiu, if you keep breaking your promise, I will tear up the marriage certificate."

The man's calm words came from the door.

Tear up the marriage certificate?

Zhongli Jiujiu's eyelashes trembled, and she clenched her hands tightly and struggled for a long time, and finally slowly turned the page...